253 BC

253 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	253 BC; CCLIII BC
Ab urbe condita	501
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 71
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 31
Ancient Greek era	131st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4498
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−845
Berber calendar	698
Buddhist calendar	292
Burmese calendar	−890
Byzantine calendar	5256–5257
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat); 2445 or 2238; — to —; 戊申年 (Earth Monkey); 2446 or 2239
Coptic calendar	−536 – −535
Discordian calendar	914
Ethiopian calendar	−260 – −259
Hebrew calendar	3508–3509
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−196 – −195
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2848–2849
Holocene calendar	9748
Iranian calendar	874 BP – 873 BP
Islamic calendar	901 BH – 900 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2081
Minguo calendar	2164 before ROC; 民前2164年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1720
Seleucid era	59/60 AG
Thai solar calendar	290–291
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年; (female Fire-Goat); −126 or −507 or −1279; — to —; 阳土猴年; (male Earth-Monkey); −125 or −506 or −1278

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC; 3rd century BC ; 2nd century BC;
Decades:	270s BC; 260s BC; 250s BC ; 240s BC; 230s BC;
Years:	256 BC; 255 BC; 254 BC; 253 BC ; 252 BC; 251 BC; 250 BC;

Year 253 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caepio and Blaesus (or, less frequently, year 501 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 253 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Gregorian calendar	253 BC CCLIII BC
Ab urbe condita	501
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 71
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 31
Ancient Greek era	131st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4498
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−845
Berber calendar	698
Buddhist calendar	292
Burmese calendar	−890
Byzantine calendar	5256–5257
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2445 or 2238 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 2446 or 2239
Coptic calendar	−536 – −535
Discordian calendar	914
Ethiopian calendar	−260 – −259
Hebrew calendar	3508–3509
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−196 – −195
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2848–2849
Holocene calendar	9748
Iranian calendar	874 BP – 873 BP
Islamic calendar	901 BH – 900 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2081
Minguo calendar	2164 before ROC 民前2164年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1720
Seleucid era	59/60 AG
Thai solar calendar	290–291
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) −126 or −507 or −1279 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) −125 or −506 or −1278